By about September/October I start to lose steam in my year-long projects. since 2010 and around this time of year I start to look ahead at how to change things up for next year A year is a long time to work on something so I've learned that if I stick to a simple formula, it's My everyday scrapbooking is where I can be creative, my year-long projects need to lean more to the ' A year is a long time to work on something no matter how simple or complex you make it.

It's been a few years since I did weekly Project Life and I like the immediacy of it as well as the ease Hopefully the enthusiasm lasts a bit longer! I use my paper diary to make notes of things that happened during the week along side our appointments Notes & Products: I'm making my pages digitally in PSE - one double spread per week - using a grid template and plan to print an 8x10 photobook with Blurb at the end of the year.

Some of these supplies are more than eight years old but still hold up. Notes & Products: I'm making my pages digitally in PSE using a grid template and plan to print an 8x10 photobook at Blurb at the end of the year. Story Kit and Date Night sticker is from the Gatherings Story Kit (HERE) Project Life: Loving, Feeling, Wearing

my own) and the script journaling is Mrs Eaves Romantic (which was a free font but I've had it for years My printer is an Epson Expression Photo XP-8500, a few years old now.

I am so glad I went the pared-down route this year. My goal with December Daily each year is to try and just get it done every day. Ideally I only want to work on this during December and not let it hang over into the new year. I know some people intend from the outset to make their pages later in the year but it would just not

I love documenting our wrapping paper each year or cool new ornaments. 2. A seasonal photo. How are they feeling about Christmas this year? What are they are excited for? A quick recap of their year is also a great thing to add (mid December marks the end of the Australian school year so it's a great time to reflect). What does your family do that's different or special this time of year?

This will be my eleventh year making a December Daily album (thanks to Ali Edwards) and it's still one so my album documents the festive period as well as the change of rhythm as school finishes for the year Even though it's a hectic time of year, I will always make time for this project. I love Ali Edwards's daily overlays and have used them for as long as she has been selling them, then you sign up and pay for the class, you are part of the class every year going forward).

(As a reminder, last year I made a digital Commonplace Book that I loved and knew I would do that again This year I've decided to blend the two into one book that I will have printed at Blurb as a 5x8 tradebook Going the photobook route this year feels a bit weird and ethereal. This is a video of how my Blurb book is coming along so far - thanks for being here.

I've been playing around with various Project Life options for this year since about October and this I've made various test templates but have just decided to stick with a tried and true grid which mirrors I created an 8x10 grid template in Photoshop Elements (PSE) then expanded it to 16x10 so I can work on I always find it much easier to make a plan and work on templates once the year has started and I have

This has been on my list for at least a year and I finally hit GO today and just did it. I've started off with my digital planner template (HERE) as well as My Year In Food template (which was

First, I have Project Life (a post about this year's set up is HERE and you can see my pages HERE). I have done a monthly format for Project Life the last few years and going back to weekly has given this For the last two years I have built a small, digital, personal book to keep all of my lists, favourites Last year when I went back to a more family-oriented project (HERE) I missed that little side project again, first as a 4x6 paper mini with binder rings, then repurposed into a 5x8 Blurb book (HERE) This year

I loved having a completed album that followed a theme (her first year) even if I didn't love the process Stacy Julian's Library of Memories/Photo Freedom concept was huge during my early scrapbooking years Next year I've decided to go back to basics and work in an 8.5x11 album (I talk about why in a previous I'll also continue on with some themed Travelers Notebooks I started this year - I think most of us are Organised binders by topic or by year like an office filing system? Or something more?